KUCHING: All legally appointed tuai rumah (village heads) in Bintulu Division have received their allowances regularly. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas clarified this after Housing and Local Government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin alleged that the state government had not paid the allowances as the village heads were appointed
KUCHING: The Home Ministry would extend its ‘Ops Naga’ in the waters of Sarawak should there be any intrusion by foreign fishing vessels. Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the operation would normally involve agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysian
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will continue to work with the federal government for as long as it respects and honours its responsibility to Sarawak under the Federal Constitution and continues to respect the spirit of Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) supreme council member Datuk Ahmad
KUCHING: Yesterday, two stalls which sold beautiful hand painted artwork caught the attention of many people during the Sarawak Society for the Deaf’s (SSD) annual Charity Food Fair held at the Association of Churches in Sarawak (ACS) premises at Jalan Stampin here. What was interesting is that the two amazing
KUCHING: Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has voiced her concern over abandoned babies in the state. She said babies often placed under the care of either the state Welfare Department (JKM) and Rumah Kanak-Kanak Toh Puan Norkiah had been abandoned by
KUCHING: State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) is perturbed by recent calls from some parties to amend the gazette notification of ‘Sarawak Independence Day’ to ‘Sarawak Day’. Its president Lina Soo agrees that July 22 is not the date of Sarawak independence as it was not decolonisation from British imperialism and
KUCHING: Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How has called for a review of the July 22 decision to discontinue Sarawak Special Committee on Citizenship (SSCC). “I agree with Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah (not to politicise SSCC), she has done a very
KUCHING: Rabies is expected to be here for the next seven to 10 years. Sarawak Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) president Datin Dona Drury Wee in expressing this view said it means Sarawakians must work together to stem the disease. “Rabies will be an issue for
KUCHING: Sarawakians are urged to shower their love and support for the needy. Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How said Kuching is a very special and beautiful city because of the presence of people who are caring, loving, and supportive of the needy. “All of you have a good heart,
Gazette notification stays; call to degazette document is anti-Sarawak: PBK chief KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) is not amused by DAP Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s recent call to amend the gazette notification of Sarawak Independence Day. On the contrary, PBK president Voon Lee Shan deemed that call for amendment